NEW YORK, Feb. 18 /PRNewswire/ — Nickelodeon, the number-one entertainment brand for kids, announced today that it will develop its hit animated preschool series Dora the Explorer into a live-action, prime-time television movie. The announcement was made by Brown Johnson, President, Animation, Nickelodeon and MTV Networks Kids and Family Group. The TV movie will feature Dora as a ten-year-old live-action Latina heroine in an all-new adventure enhanced by CG special effects.
“We are thrilled for our viewers to see their favorite Latina heroine come to life in a new, vibrant live-action world,” said Johnson. “Dora will be a little older for her high stakes live-action adventure, which we think will be very exciting for our pre-school audience, as well as kids and their families who have grown up watching the show over the last 7 years.” continue reading...
NEW YORK, Feb. 14 /PRNewswire/ — Nickelodeon, the number-one entertainment brand for kids, comes to Toy Fair 2008 with a selection of items that combine the magic of kids’ favorite characters with today’s top toy trends. Leading the playtime news is the launch of the first-ever complete SLIME! product line, which puts Nickelodeon’s coveted green goo directly in kids’ hands.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 17 /PRNewswire/ — NOGGIN rings in the New Year with a special resolution to preschoolers — the network will now be available 24 hours a day! On Monday, Dec. 31, at 6:00 p.m. (ET), the commercial-free, educational preschool network from Nickelodeon, will super-serve families by expanding from 12 to 24 hours, offering even more of the network’s top- quality, educational preschool programming. To kick off the celebration, NOGGIN’s Moose and Zee will host the network’s first primetime movie marathon, on Dec. 31 from 6:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m. (ET), featuring the premiere of a new 90-minute Franklin movie, “Franklin and the Turtle Lake Treasure.” The preschool movie party will also feature the hour-long Dora the Explorer TV movie, “Dora Saves the Mermaids,” and the half-hour specials “Save the Wonder Pets!” and the Go, Diego, Go! “Great Jaguar Rescue.”
NOGGIN is also announcing that it will premiere Toot & Puddle, a new 26- episode animated preschool series, based on the best-selling book series by acclaimed children’s author and illustrator Holly Hobbie, in fall 2008. The network has also greenlit a new 26-episode second season of Pinky Dinky Doo, NOGGIN’s first animated original series dedicated to enhancing early literacy, based on the popular book series by Jim Jinkins (Doug and PB&J Otter). continue reading...
NEW YORK, Oct. 22 /PRNewswire/ — Preschoolers will join the world’s most beloved little Latina heroine on a fin-tastic adventure, cleaning up the ocean to save the underwater Mermaid Kingdom on Dora the Explorer’s new hour-long, primetime TV movie “Dora Saves the Mermaids” premiering Monday, November 5, from 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. (ET/PT) on Nickelodeon. After more than seven years on the air, Nick Jr.’s Dora the Explorer continues to reign as one of the top-rated preschool series on commercial television.
An international phenomenon, Dora the Explorer is broadcast all over the world, teaching the majority of her viewers English rather than Spanish. Syndicated to TV broadcasters in 125 markets and translated in 24 languages, Dora the Explorer is among one of the top rated preschool shows in nearly every major television market around the world across broadcast and cable. continue reading...
